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HANGER FOR VENE'TIAN BLINDS.

No. 398,484. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

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HANGER FOR VENETIAN BLINDS.

No. 398,484. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

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JAMES G. IL-SON, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,484, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filed July 27, 1888.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES G. lVILsON, a subjectof the Queen of Great Britain, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Venetian Blinds; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to certain novel and useful improvements, in means for operating Venetian blinds, and has for its object to provide durable and effective means for supporting and operating the blind-slats, and furthermore, 'to insure the uniform folding of the hangers which support said slats, and also to cause the latter, in their various positions, to lie perfectly regular and even with respect to each other.

\Vith these ends in view my invention consists in a flexible sheet-metal hanger adapted to support the slats and to automatically fold in only one direction when the blinds are elevated, and, furthermore, in the details of construction and combination of elements, such as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may understand fully how to make and use my improve ment, I will proceed to describe the same in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a frontelevation illustrating my improvement in operative position; Fig. 2, a side elevation showing the blinds open; Fig. 3, a similar view showing the blinds closed; Fig. 4c, a similar view illustrating the appearance of the several parts when the blinds are raised, and Fig. 5 a perspective of a short section of my improved flexible hanger.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

I will not enter into any description of the arrangement of the cords and pulleys for operating to elevate or adjust the blind-slats, as my present invention has no reference thereto, but resides wholly in the construction of the hangers which support the said slats.

Serial No. 281,226. (Ho model.)

Prior to my invention, in the construction of Venetian blinds the slats were supported upon tapes attached at each end to vertical parallel strips of flexible fabric; but said fabric was necessarily of such a flimsy and flexible nature that when the slats were elevated the said strips would fold irregularly, some of the folds extending outward and others inward, thus presenting a very bad effect. Again, the inward folds of said strips extend betweenthe slats and do not permit the latter to lie closely together when elevated.

The advantages of my improvement will be readily understood from the following description.

The hanger is composed of sheet metal leaves A, hinged together at B. There are two parallel strips of these hinged sections, and extending between said strips are crosspieces 0, which are pivoted at their extremi ties around the pintles of every alternate hinged connection of said strips. The leaves which intervene between said cross-pieces are prevented from folding inward by stop-lips D, which project from one of said leaves in such manner as to abut against the other when the hanger is in normal position, as shown at Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5, the object of which will be presently explained. Immediately beneath the pivoted extremities of the cross-pieces the adjoining leaves are cut away, seen at E, to enable the said pieces and the slats supported thereby to be swung in a vertical plane to closed position, as shown at Fig. The slats rest on the cross-pieces in the usual manner, and the latter hav elongated openings F, which register with the openings G of the slats for the accommodation of the guide-cords H.

' In Fig. 5 I have shown a single slat broken away and in proper relative position with respect to the cross-piece. The operating-cord I is attached to the guide-cords H in the usual manner. The slats are opened and closed in the ordinary way by the usual cord, J.

By giving to the hanger the stiffness neces sarily embodied in the metallic structure hereinbefore described, a positive and uniform operation of the slats and hanger is eifected.

In closing the slats, I am enabled to shut them against each other in almost a vertical plane, since the cutting. away of the leaves below the cross-pieces allows the latter to swing to a position nearly perpendicular.

The lips D prevent the leaves composing the hinged sections between the cross-pieces from assuming a vertical normal position, so that it willbe readily understood that when said cross-pieces are elevated said leaves will invariably fold outwardly and not obstruct the slats.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hanger for Venetian blinds, consisting; of a parallel series of hinged metallic sections, in combination with cross-pieces pivoted at their extremities to opposite alternate hinges of said series, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described hanger for Venetian blinds, comprising two strips each made up of a series of hinged metallic sections, a series of cross-pieces pivotally connected to alternate opposite hinges of said strips, and stop-lips adapted to limit the movement of the sections between said cross-pieces, where by the outward folding of said sections is insured, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES G. \VI'LSON.

Vitnesses: J. A. ADRIAN,

V. A. ROEDEL. 

